tax

For years, scammers have tried to steal sensitive personal and financial information by falsely claiming that recipients of their emails are eligible for an unexpected tax refund. 

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning people about a new scam campaign that uses the cross-platform messaging service, WhatsApp.

According to this email, which purports to be from the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), your tax refund is ready.

People in the UK are receiving text messages about a supposed pending payment from UK tax agency HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

According to this email, you are eligible to receive a “Payment Credit Issuance” from the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). 

According to this email, which purports to be from the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), you only have 48 hours to click a link and claim an outstanding tax refund.

According to this email, which purports to be from Australian government services website MyGov, you are eligible to receive a tax refund. 

This email, which purports to be from the UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), claims that your automatic tax refund payment didn’t go through. It urges you to open an attached file and follow the instructions to claim your refund. 

For several years, fraudulent emails claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency have been targeting Canadian taxpayers.

The Police Department in Roswell, Georgia has published a recording of an IRS scam call on its Facebook Page.